#Tavvy Blackthorn

[david-blackthorn]

Emma: What’s the plan?

Julian: We’re formulating one.

Livvy: I vote chaos.

Ty: We need more data first.

Dru: Blow something up.

Mark: Faeries.

Helen: Please don’t.

Tavvy, eating cookies: Can I come?

Emma: You’re all insane, and I love you.

[garvalhaminho]

no bc reading cohf after tda is truly so heartbreaking. like these were children, they were happy and acted like kids and teenagers and they had dreams and families and people they loved more than anything in the world. like helen took care of her siblings, mark bickered with them, julian teased his older brother like a normal 12yo kid, and he didn't have to act like a father, emma waited for her parents to come home, like......

[weregonnabecoolbeans]

Julian Blackthorn’s constant awareness of his siblings is both so heartwarming and so heartbreaking to read

[helenofblackthorns]

maybe it's just me but sometimes the narrative surrounding Julian & his siblings in the fandom annoys me just a little bit. especially the twins like he is not their father?? he did not raise them?? yes he did raise Tavvy but the twins are literally two years younger than him. they have the exact same age gap as Alec & Izzy.

like I understand where this perspective comes from, aka Julian. obviously it seems like common sense to take a main character at his word but you can't!! Julian's has a very disordered thought process regarding his siblings specifically and he isn't necessarily representing the situation clearly. he was forced to grow up very quickly at a young age and because of that he's created a narrative in his head that frames his siblings as being younger than they are and he's wrong!! except maybe Tavvy they ALL grew up too fast. we literally see Dru looking after Tavvy multiple times during tda like she's also raising him. and Julian is in many ways blind to that (he does work on it throughout the series tho, see: him letting Ty & Livvy go out on their own in London & treating Dru less like a little kid)

yes he refers to them as his kids sometimes, but again, this is disordered thinking. Livvy Ty & Dru don't view him at a father figure: Ty was literally the champion of wanting Mark to take over from Julian (and he hates change!!). Livvy & Ty also hacked his phone so they could keep tabs and make sure he was ok like. Julian perspection is not mutual, and even he doesn't always believe in it. exhibit a:

look at the language he uses regarding each of his siblings. in his ideal future, he wants to teach Tavvy (which is very parental) but he wants to fence with Livvy, and watch movies with Dru, and look for animals with Ty - as equals, as siblings. he just wants to be able to hang out with them doing things they love without having the burden of caring for them. which is also different to how Mark & Helen (& Aline) are referred to, as they are sharing that burden. he's not really bonding with them in the way he wants to with his younger siblings. (which also is bring us to the other contributing factor here which is that tda (& sobh) give the impression that Julian is closest with Mark and people assume that has always been the case. which isnt true but that's a whole other post lol)

anyway I really really hope twp digs into this significantly & we see more of the whole situation from Ty's & Dru's eyes. because I need Julian's framing to be broken down within the text for my own peace of mind and also because I want to see him finally have that bond back

[tys-kitty]

Why did I only just realize that the Blackthorn typical brown hair and green-blue eyes are actually the combination of Jesse‘s features (black hair and green eyes) and Lucie‘s features (brown hair and blue eyes)

[culiehua]

tmi verse x onion headlines

part 1 — part 2 — part 3 — part 4 —

part 5 (jem!edition) — part 6 — part 7 —

part 8 (jem!edition)

[witchlingcirce]

Thinking about how the blackthorns eyes are a perfect mix of Jesse and Lucies eyes (Blue-green)

And how Ty gets his gray eyes from Tessa 🩷

[perpetualprocrastinationisme]

Do you ever just think about the moment that Julian, Mark, and the rest of the older TDA gang find out about Livvy? Like, how it's going to hit them that their little siblings are having to go through the same horrific ordeal with secrets that cut like a knife like they did? How are they going to feel about Ty (I don't think they'll be angry, just extremely sad, worried, and intent on releasing Livvy)? Will this rip them apart, knowing that necromancy is what took Livvy away from them in the first place?

[julianblackthornspancakes]

i fear the day the blackthorns and co visit a waffle house. julian would wind up behind the counter flipping breakfast food, emma would break the jukebox, mark would put chocolate chips in his hash browns, dru would get in a fist fight, the twins would somehow leave covered in apple juice

they momentarily lose tavvy, it’s okay he’s just chilling in a bag of flour

[liesramblings]

Sometimes, I think about how some of the modern Blackthorns look like Lucie (brown hair and blue eyes), who in turn looks like Tessa and I get kinda emo. Also the fact that Ty has Tessa’s eyes? Don’t even get me started there…

[shadowhunterseditsblog]

Ty Blackthorn❤️

Artist: @taratjah on Tumblr and Pinterest

[prongsevermore]

i just know aline penhallow is competitive as hell, but not only that, she doesn't show mercy, ever.

so a chill night in the institute and helen propose a game they could play with tavvy? yeah aline wipes the floor with both of them.

helen of course says she should calm down bc tavvy is a kid and it's okay to go a little easy on him, but aline looks dead on the eye an say "the world isn't easy"

tavvy of course endures it, he doesn't want to cry so he can tell julian he was strong and brave but when dru comes by he talks to her and says aline is unfair and dru looks him dead in the eye and says "the world is unfair"

[david-blackthorn]

I CUT MY HAIR LIKE JULIAN BLACKTHORN & PULLED A CLOSET COSPLAY OF HIM

brown hair, freckles and blue green eyes.

the reference pics for my hair came from the official Cassandra Jean art

btw i never see men in this fandom, are there any of us at all? i genuinely know of no other boy interested in them besides me

[helenofblackthorns]

thinking about when Mark encounters Simon in Faerie & tells him all about his siblings, and how he says that Julian will not be able to help Helen, that he will try but he's too young. of course the obvious tragedy of this is the reality: Julian has been caring for their siblings essentially alone and Helen is not there at all but there's another level to it too.

because Julian's 14 when this happens. yes Mark is unaware of how much time has passed since he was taken, but he's not completely oblivious to the abstract of it. right before this he's talking about how Tavvy won't remember their parents and him, how Dru might not either, and he's saying all this to someone who shouldn't have changed but did anyway. the significance of this is when Mark was 14, that was when Eleanor died and Andrew checked out. a 16 year old Helen would become the primary caregiver for Tavvy but what about their other four younger siblings? who was looking after them? (Mark. the answer is Mark)

and I imagine it started well before Eleanor died, because before that she was sick. before that pregnant. parents of 6 who are also in charge of running a major Institute. when Helen was ten and just starting her training, Dru was just born. caring for newborns is crazy without having five older children (2. 2. 4. 8. 10) who do you think took on the responsibility of watching the others when everyone else was to be busy?

Mark says Julian will not be able to Helen because he is too young, but how old was Mark? even at 12, Julian is older than he probably was. does Mark see that he too was too young?

combined this with how Mark legitimately considers rejoining the hunt despite wanting nothing more than to be with his siblings. because before, his relationship with all his younger siblings was founded on looking after & caring for them - something he cannot do anymore. without that what place is there for him? yeah it makes me a little be crazy.

[myangelbach]

The Blackthorn Family face card

🎨: Cassandra jean, Charlie bowater, aegisdea

[calistairs]

defending the blackthorn family on the internet isn’t enough i need a gun